Ribbon-holder



J. MELLETTE.

RIBBON HOLDER.

Patezit ed Apr. 10, 1883-.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

v I "scribed and cleimed.

P110 albirhohii on WIN MAc, IN DIA Q Bissau-HOLDE forming, part-,of LetterslPatent No. 275,6,85, dated April 10,1883, A npllcclionhl'ed December 2a,1sa-2'." iix immiemf l "Be itknoyv'n wai 1; JonmviEL-mim-{or Winamec, .inthecou 'ty ,of Pulaski and Stzitei drewin gs,formi1igpart of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicnte cor-' 15 vof Iridieinmih'eve' inven ted'-'a:;new and fini- PIO Ved -RibbowHolder, of which the following is a ful], clear, ai dexactL- descriptioh.

I "Th-isin'vention lelctes to devices for-hold" ing theifree end of a, .rih b.on" -ojn -the roll oh which the rihbon'is'wcund and the invention consists of the. constrhction hereinafter de l Reference is to belhzfdl to the eccoiiipali-iying responding parts in all the'figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective j iew of a rihbon f 3 roll provided with a ribbon-holder. Fig. 2 is ,a perspective viewfof the ribbon-holder, showmg i't detached from'thegroll. 'FigB is a crosssectionelelevet-ion of the roll'ou the line's-hr, '1 Fig; ]-,..the; ribbon-holderbeinghcld on the roll.

Ehelroldr i's.'forl ned of a. spring-wire, A,

'hent,U-sha1')ed,and'having th'eends' B'of the proh'gs be'nt toward each other "The prongs .2 5

ere'bent'et ornear themiddle at an acute an gle, sothc'tf-the closedend of The'holder will beale'ss'di'stance from the ends B thanthe,

f length ofuthe pron e, and will thusobtain Q grecter elasticity. I I

:onahollow rollheving sides of wood, paste- 3' board, or heavy paper, holes are formed inthe f'thefribbon O iswound centers of the sides of the roll, into which holes the bent endslB ofptheprongsare passed to hold theribbon-holder. on the T0", the crossmadej of thinpasteboard or-paper, a hole, E, is

made .inthe middle ofeach side, and on the for the purpose set forth.

I sidcs-pdpcrbr pesteboard disks orvplhtes F are pasted, which are provided "with central nprtnres having eyelets (Lend intothe' sum eyelets the bent ends of the 'u.s1 ia1 ecjwireA: are passed, The eyelets prevent thcedgesot" t lt ehole from being torn -and'rippedlby the ends B, and insure" an easy movement of the endsB in the e'yelets, The wire A holds'the i'r'e'e endof; the rihhoi es shown in Fig. 1. ii

any of .the'ribbon' is'n n wound; the roll re-yol ves on the bentends B, orthe holder describes it circle :irouhd 111e, roll. I If the rihhonis'cnt, the fre'end-ofthht part of the rihhon'on the roll will beheld in place by the spring-wire A. ,Thesp'ring-yvireA holds the ribbon equally well, Whether-there is agreator a s nrill length of ribbon ontheroll-r ,Thedevice can be uselld'or all kinds of rib.-

bonsf, hands, &c. Ther'length of the cross-f piece of-the U-shaped wire must he iniidedifferent in'th'e different holders, according to the \v'idthjofthe roll;

ldo not claim' the U-shcned l1 oliler,.hroa il 5 Having thus described my invention, what I claimas new, and desire to secure by Letters Pate nt,' is- I, i

. The conihination, \villin hollow ribbon-roll,

D, having holes int'he sides of the disksF.

pasted on the sidesot' the rolls, and provided with eyelets at'the middle of the U-shaped wire A, having its ends. bent toward each other and passed into the said eyelets, sub

stantially as herein shown enddescrihed, and

v JOHN MELLETTE. Witnesses- Wm. H. BOUSLOG,

JOHN T. HA smGE'R. 

